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Y 'A V . SATURDAY, MARCH 27, 1982-TKE CAT.CLBIA TISEJ -5. 'A'0& ft. W K k ' , I I f -.. ir . 'A ., . i ' . 1 : . , J r, m till II till "llli1 till 1 till? nm , " ' ' i ' Mill' I I f L I I i I 1 1 f 1 1 1 - r I 1 1 1 1 Mill .IT 1 ' i Curtis Hunter Attributes Success To Close Family Ties By B. Dawson and 7 ;! Milton Jordan i When it comes to choosing a college where he will showcase finals three choices, among North Carolina colleges that recruited him it thie vmt riiVo undoubtedly! : seems to hold the, inside his awesome', track. basketball skills Tor four superlative years, Curtis Hunter wants just three: things: : A college where he; will get a good educa tion. He's interested, in! i, computers and early L childhood education. 'V A coaching staff; that will care about him , as a person and a stu-, dent, as well as am athlete. A school that is close enough that he can stay at home with his ! mother. As a matter of fact, ' that last consideration might be more important than the other two, notj because Hunter, 18, is a "mamma's boy", but because the Hunter fami ly is so close knit that micj aic unwilling iu i trade that Closeness fori anything. For the past ten years, it's been just ; the three of them: i, : Hunter, his mother, 1 Mrs. riorethea Hunter, :and his younger sister, ; Priscilla, 16. None of 'them is anxious to change that, though ac- cording to Mrs. Hunter, ' she accepts her son's1 decision, whatever it is. , So when : Hunter, a! stellar standout at , Dufring a recent inter-, view in the comfortable! like failing." Failure is not ceptable Hunter trait. For years, Hunter worked two jobs, and therefore was forced to trust her children to an ac family Mrs. never M 1 as ner home, i and tastefully decorated- come home from school living room of the apart menti they ; share near Wellon's Village, Hunter made it very clear that ! family closeness played a : ; major role in his college decision. . "I can't leave her, he said emphatically, nod ding toward his attrac tive 37-year-old mother who, " for the past teni years, has headed the! family alone. "We are alt so close in this family . that the idea of leaving never really crossed my ; mind." The; Hunter family? closeness grew from the! pain of a marriage that! went sour more than ten j years ago, and the strug-' gle J the family faced when Mrs. Hunfer pack ed herself, her children ! and some meager j belongings together and. left her husband. The day was Friday, October 13, 1972, a day bftetil associated with bad Ijifek Mrs. Hunter considers it:! the, dajf their lives took a turn for the better. "It took me a long;'; time to get up enough , , courage : to say that I could make : it on my and fend for themselves, staying in the house until she came home from work. "Curtis was never any i h problem," she said. "He always did what I asked him to do, including looking out for his; younger sister. He. always seemed to sense; that if he did wrong, it ! would just make it that much harder on me, and ' he was always trying to ' help me out." i Vowing to, remarry as long children were at Mrs. Hunte? devoted her life to her children. They! reciprocated in kind. So ; mose uie-iasiinK irtu t such as self-discipline, trust, devotion and help ing each other out were taught in the Hunter family not so much by! instruction as by the dai- i ly reality of the family's .struggle to survive. I The days began early, and after school Hunter was responsible for his j sister's afternoon snack. 'He had . to face , homework alone. The experiences taught him well. Today, the payoffs (Continued on Page 6) Black College Basketball Teams In Finals Southern High School Own,"i explained Mrs ior me iasi mrec years and this year's high school player of the year; ' .announces his college, eyes, and a . quiet, but choice at an April 1 press j firm , demeanor. "But Hunter a chocolate tan with laughing slender, woman, brown ; By Larry Barber Black college identity in national collegiate athletics has come a long way,- and still has a long way to go, but oppor tunities in recent years have emerged, and black institutions are making the' best Of them. VThis season's basketball cam , paign certainly attests to the act, ; I: Last Saturday night in Springfield, Massachusetts, the University Of the District of Columbia won the 1 982 NCAA; Division II Basketball 4 Champion-! ': ship ;TKe.iV Firebirds the Moccasins when ap-i i plying frustrating! . pressure on the defensive . end. UDC used the usual Mntimidating force of ' seven-foot center Earl B Jones, and the equally talented Michael Britt, a 6-7 forward, to shatter Florida Southern. After a 36-35 halftime lead, the Firebirds heated up to an eight-point advantage ' four minutes into the se cond half. Florida ; Southern eased back , within two, but ..Jones : turned two quick baskets and a steal near the nine? ' minute mark tvypnH - m 1 W n it-.: Hoyas "DartH Vader, Georgetown's Pat Ewing (33) will lead the Hoyas into the final four Saturday askinst Louisville at the Superdome in New Orleans. It's Georgetown's first time making It Into the semi-finals since 1943. Last season's runner-up, UNC-Chapel Hill, faces Houston in game iww oi saiuroay s iinai four action. Rp(k Leggtft I.. J-.r J".--.. " J . J - 'V. -Jm: -Lj -'s'Ke'Jk.'i ...... conferences it almostonceHvinade uoiroi."5 l f ti 'a -i '';..'.' . , '., ' ... 1 CMlf krH TUl't fs tli A 1 Md-kJ rf 4 !m p'atM i ft rti 1 . I Larouna college. Ana v mg ; rx)mtmavfance 1 ''" : , l since Duke University, is left, I knew I could never i the closest of Hunter's; go back. That would bet 12 Players Sign Grants , Henry C. Lattimore, head football coach and athletic at NCCU, has announced the signing of 12 prepsters to grants-in-aid to North Carolina Central University for the 1982 season. Ten of the signees. are from North Carolina with the others coming from Georgia and Maryland; V Durhamite Mike Huey, an All-Big 6 selectee from Jordan, follows his father to the Maroon & Gray. ' Other area players going to Central are the Ckapel Hill tandem of Jeffrey Purefoy and John.' Jacobs. NCCU Signees Linemen Marvin Burns . . . . .6-3 260 Ben Daniels 6-4 280 Thomas Faust. ..... .6-2 235 tie, Y and l; finished " the season -with . ; a 23-5 record.'. ( UDC. prevailed by constantly ' attacking j on offense and surprised David Hands:. : ......6-1 250 Michael Huey 6-3 249 Charles Patton ..6-3 250 William Peace . . .6-6 249 Backs .Lemar Foster . . . .6-3 190 Robert Green 6-2 185 John Jacobs.. 5-11 190 Tim Newman ....... ,5-11 195 Jeffrey Purefoy .... . ...5-8 165 Shelby, NC Winterville. NO Baltimore. MD Wilmington NC Durham. NC Charlotte, NC Atlanta, GA Charlotte. NC Charlotte, NC Chapel Hill. NC Charlotte. NC Chapel Hill. NC Hazel Plummer Bowling Scores The Hazel B. Plummer Bowling League scores for March 22: Ladies high game:.v213-Flo Roberson, 21 1-Boz ', Leslie. 191-Bernice Snlpest Ladies high series: 581 -Flo Roberson, 560-R , Leslie, 521-Priscilla Malloy.,V ' Men's high game 213-A.C. Caviness. 212-Erlc . Roberson. 203-Jtobert Curtis. Men's high series: 559-James Parker, 547-Jim Dyer. 547-Linwood Taylor. Others: 190-Prlscilla Malloy, 513-Bernice Snipes, 190. 503-Nancy Rowland. 193 -James Parker, 542-A.C. Caviness, 202, 528-Ken Snipes, 508-Booth Smith. 513-Bill Little, 201-Linwood Taylor, 507-Robert Curtis, 507-Bill Adderly, 533-Ron Miller, 515-Howard Fitts,. 507 Willie Finch, 523-Georqe Thorne. High Team Game: 885-Jlve Five High Team Series: 2436-Lots of Luck - WSRC SURESHOTS Basketball Team Is On The Move .1 we want to neip your non profit 'club or civic group raise money. Schedule a basketball game with The WSRC SURESHOTS for results you can take to the bank. For further information write: The WSRC SURESHOTS P.O. Box 133li Durham,. N. C. 27702 win over California- Bakersvill, gunned down four . straight baskets to take the bite . out of the. Moccasins. Jones, an All- ; American, finished the championship contest, with 24 points and Ave rebounds. Britt, also an All-American, conclud- r ed the night with 20 ; points and eight re bounds. .. UDC head coach Wil n Jones, looking very spif fy on the televised game, " had a lot to smile about, and he has more to smile about for next season, as all his players return in 1982-83. Tuskegee Institute's women were also in Spr ingfield for a shot at the national title last weekend. The Tigerettes fought gamely before succumbing to a good California-Pomona team; 93-74. . Another black college women's team made the final four in the NCAA Division I Championship scheduled' for this weekend in Norfolk, Virginia. The Cheyney State Lady Wolves won the East Regional in Raleigh (NC) Saturday night, and will play the University of Maryland Friday, March 26. Cheyney won the East by beating Kansas State 93-71. All-American Yolanda Laney scored 26 points to lead the win ners, and Val Walker, also an All-American, popped in 24 and had nine rebounds. The Lady Wolves are now 27-2. Hampton Institute's men finished third in the NAIA national finals held two weeks ago in Kansas City by winning the consolation contest 98-94 over Kearney State. Hampton lost a .semi-final match to even tual champion South Carolina-Spartanburg 68-54. A little closer to home, the women of Louisburg Junior College of North Carolina (not considered a black school) had another fabulous year, and made it all the way II to the junior college na- r.:i ft i . miuai imais in uvenana (Continued on Page 6) special" you pick the court: we have the Nike9 canvas action shoe Nike is the tennis shoe that sets the benchmark. This is the one with the sturdy canvas upper, padded topline, comfortable insole and the distinctive swoosh on the sides. Men's and women's sizes. And the price is right. Men's & Ladies Shoes-First Level Sporting Goods-Second Level South Square Mall, Durham Style: Enforcer if k kwfeih MM ft I V Si A i , ' mm (jSJLJEE L 4 4 a, .Wtv'v..
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